So 2 of my friends joined me this weekend for a float trip. Neither had ever canoed a river in Missouri.

Fishing was pretty slow overall but I caught the largest bass I have ever caught on a river. my cooler has a 20 inch tape measure on top of it. There is an additional 1 inch of cooler lid on each side. This bass hung an inch over each side. He was on the backside of a fallen tree and had a 2nd bass, almost as big trying to eat the jig out of the corner of his mouth.